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  • Romanian Sphinx older than Egyptian

    July 2, 2018 in Romania ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

    The second day of me "resting" from my cycling trip (https://findpenguins.com/voyager/trip/acrossrom…) we decided to go hiking into Bucegi Mountains, part of the Carpathians.

    It is believed that Bucegi was a holy Dacian mountain of Kogainon, on which a deity called Zalmoxes lived in a cave. We didn't find the cave, but an abandoned chalet, just before descending cloud engulfed it.

    Behind the chalet, there's a steep path that descends all the way to the little touristy town of Sinaia, in which we saw several chamois (Alpine goats). Unfortunately, they were too far away to get a decent photo, so below you'll find another representative of wildlife 😁

    Even with the height at around 2000 m (6500 ft) one can still find rather photogenic flowers, such as this bellflower.

    And with such an intact nature, drinking water from the steam? Oh, yeah! Especially when you see a snow cap from where it comes 😅

    Did you know there's Sphinx in Romania, older than the one in Egypt? 🤔
    It's on the photo here, located on the top of Bucegi mountains, together with another natural monument, Old Ladies (Babele).

    Even though it's a national park area, we managed to collect a bag full of plastic bottles and aluminum cans, some of them lied around for years. The little store on top of the mountain does not have a provided garbage disposal place, even though they're paying for it.

    Time to go down the mountain, tomorrow I'm back in the saddle.
    https://findpenguins.com/voyager/trip/acrossrom…
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